# \*tVnnVn- '(mythical) snake, dragon'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: dragon, sea-monster, serpent
- SED semet 179
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/t/238_mythical_snake_dragon.md

## In Linear A

- [TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-TE/index.md>) (Tanāt): Tanāt, a variant of Tinit, the goddess TNT, feminine of √t-n-n 'sea-dragon'; rival a form of A-TA-NA-TE ʾAtanat
- [TA-NA-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-TI/index.md>) (Tanāti): the goddess TNT (Tinnit), feminine of √t-n-n 'sea-dragon'

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: tanina [DM 480] (also tiniana, tinita [ibid. 486]). (gloss withheld) [DM 486]
- Ugaritic: tnn [DULAT 860], /tunnanu/ (UVST 185-186) (gloss withheld)
- Modern Aramaic: N.-Syr. tanînâ 'a dragon' [M 323].
- Hebrew: tannīn (HALOT 1764), pB. [Ja. 1682] (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: tannīnā [Ja. 1682], [Levy WT II 547], [Levy WTM IV 656]; tnyn [DJPA 587a apud CAL], tannīnā [Sok. B 1223]. Sam. tnyn [Tal 957]. (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: tannīnā 'sea monster; dragon, asp' [Brock. 828], [PS 4463].
- Aramaic: Off. tnyn [HJ 1223] (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: tunnan: tu-na-nu(-um) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 298) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.